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May 26, 2010
Late on the morning of the third day of the European Economic and Social Committee conference in Florence, President Barroso arrived. The previous two days of presentations and debate had been building recommendations to be handed to the European institutions. These recommendations will hopefully be used to provide guidance on how to structure a genuine… » read more
April 23, 2010
Author: Ana Alibegova If we make a mini research to find out why young people do or don’t apply for an exchange program, we can easily understand that most of them have complaints regarding lack of information about possibilities for study aboard. Most of them are willing to take the challenge and […]
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Education / Research & Development, English, Enlargement and Neighbours, students |
The knowledge about medicinal and aromatic plants gains considerable public interest. It’s not only medicines who rediscover the treasure of plants but also institutions like the UNESCO who work on the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage. However the aboriginal users – the local population – is increasingly excluded from the use and commercialization of their… » read more
June 22, 2009
Les industries culturelles en général et celles du livre en particulier sont concernées par des mutations importantes. De même, la lecture publique – échappant largement au secteur marchand – doit faire face à une redéfinition de ses objectifs et de ses missions. Aujourd’hui, la numérisation s’impose peu à peu, sans que soit encore défini un… » read more
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Books, Culture and Religion, diversity, Education / Research & Development, English, Publishing |
The cultural industry in general and the book industry in particular are being affected by important changes. Likewise, public reading – having largely avoided the market sector – needs to face up to a redefinition of its objectives and purpose. The impact of digitization is being felt increasingly without there even being a defined socio-cultural… » read more
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Culture and Religion, diversity, Education / Research & Development, English, Publishing |
June 4, 2009
We propose that research financed by the public sector be oriented towards the non-market sector. In spite of the public debate dedicated to the importance of sustainable development, research linked to it remains marginal. Why? Political decision-makers have chosen to invest their research budgets in “profitable” research areas. Today, we must act urgently to open… » read more
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Education / Research & Development, Elections, English, Innovation and Growth |
May 28, 2009
Nous proposons que l’Union européenne légifère pour interdire tout brevet sur le vivant. Elle doit aussi obliger les industries à informer, de façon transparente, sur les manipulations génétiques utilisées. Aujourd’hui, le Certificat d’Obtention Végétale (COV) entretient une opacité malsaine car il protège les inventions et les découvertes sans donner aucune information sur les méthodes de… » read more
We propose new legislation to ban all patents on living things. This legislation also needs to force industries to inform users, in a transparent way, about the kinds of genetic manipulations which were used. The New Variety Certificates in use today support an unhealthy lack of transparency because they protect inventions and discoveries without the… » read more
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CAP Reform, Education / Research & Development, Elections, English, Rural and sustainable development |
May 26, 2009
We propose to use Esperanto in order to facilitate dialogue in Europe. Intercultural and political dialogue in Europe is faced with the challenge of linguistic diversity. There are 23 official languages in the European Union and mastering a foreign language is a long and arduous challenge, which requires motivation and reproduces social inequality. Esperanto could… » read more
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Culture and Religion, Education / Research & Development, English |
May 20, 2009
Nous souhaitons que les universités restent des espaces ouverts et démocratiques. Elles doivent impulser un nouveau paradigme du savoir et de la citoyenneté essentiels pour l’Europe et le monde de demain. Les systèmes d’enseignement supérieur sont peu ouverts aux mutations actuelles de notre société. Au contraire, de plus en plus, elles jouent un rôle minimaliste… » read more
We want universities to remain open and democratic places. They must become harbingers of the new paradigm of knowledge and citizenship which is essential for Europe and the world tomorrow. The systems of higher education are not very open to the ongoing transformation of our society. On the contrary, they are playing an increasingly minimal… » read more
Nous proposons d’intégrer des modules sur l’interculturalité dans les formations en Affaires publiques européennes. L’interculturalité n’est pas une compétence innée. Mais dans l’Europe des 27, elle est impérative. Les futurs cadres des institutions nationales et européennes ont besoin d’un apprentissage renforcé de la gestion de la diversité. Ils doivent aussi bénéficier d’un tronc commun de… » read more
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Education / Research & Development, Elections, English, Governance / Democracy and Citizenship, Public Affairs |
We call for the integration of interculturality modules into European public affairs training. Interculturality is not an innate ability but in EU27, it is imperative. The future frameworks of both national and European institutions will need training reinforced by the management of diversity. They should also have a common curriculum for training on European mechanisms,… » read more
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Education / Research & Development, Elections, English, EU Priorities and Opinion, Governance / Democracy and Citizenship, Public Affairs |
May 19, 2009
Nous proposons que l’Union européenne soutienne le réel développement d’une politique culturelle au Sud. Du 1er au 3 avril 2009 s’est tenu à Bruxelles un colloque intitulé « Culture et création, facteurs de développement » organisé par la Commission européenne sous l’égide du Commissaire Louis Michel. Malgré les espoirs que la profession y avait mis,… » read more
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Culture and Religion, Education / Research & Development, Elections, English, Languages and Culture |
We call on the European Union to support real development of cultural policy in the South. A Colloquium called “Culture and Creation, factors of development” was held in Brussels from April 1-3, 2009. It was organized by the European Commission under the direction of Commissioner Louis Michel. In spite of the hopes that the profession… » read more
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Culture and Religion, Education / Research & Development, Elections, English, Languages and Culture |
May 7, 2009
Nous demandons que l’Université échappe aux règles de concurrence. Fixé en 2000, l’agenda de Lisbonne organise les conditions de l’Espace européen de Recherche (ERR). Les objectifs récemment mis à jour visent à construire un marché commun de la connaissance, au service de la seule initiative économique. Or c’est d’une société de la connaissance dans laquelle… » read more
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education, Education / Research & Development, English, EU Priorities and Opinion |
We ask that Universities be freed from rules of competition. Set in 2000, the Lisbon Agenda sets the terms of the European Research Area (ERA). The recently updated objectives are designed to build a common market for knowledge, at the service of a single economic initiative. But it is a culture of knowledge where research… » read more
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ARCHIVE, education, Education / Research & Development, English, EU Priorities and Opinion |
